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NBPCB Board Members

Officers
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Allen Harris, ME
President
Des Moines, Iowa

Director, Iowa Department for the Blind
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C Edwin Vaughan, PhD
Vice-President
Atherton, California

Former University professor; author of numerous books in the
blindness field
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Edward Bell, PhD, NOMC
Secretary/Treasurer
Ruston, Louisiana

Director, Professional Development and Research Institute on
Blindness at Louisiana Tech University
Board Members
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Jeff Altman, MA, NOMC
NOMCT Chairman
Lincoln, Nebraska

Orientation and Mobility Instructor, Nebraska Commission for
the Blind and Visually Impaired
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Christine Boone, JD
Kalamazoo , Michigan

Director, Michigan Commission for the Blind Training Center
Joe Cordova
Joe Cordova
Honolulu, Hawaii

Administrator, Hawaii Vocational Rehabilitation and Services/Blind Division; former Regional Commissioner, Chicago/Kansas City region, Rehabilitation Services Administration; former national director, Division for the Blind and Visually Impaired, Rehabilitation Services Administration; former deputy director, New Mexico Commission for the Blind
James Gashel
James Gashel
Colorado

Vice President of Marketing, KNFB Reading Technologies; former Director for Governmental Affairs, National Federation of the Blind; former Director, Iowa Orientation and Adjustment Center for the Blind
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Lea Grupen, MEd, CRC
Honolulu, Hawaii

Orientation Center and Field Services Director at Ho'opono Services for the Blind, Hawaii Vocational Rehabilitation and Services for the Blind in Honolulu, Hawaii
James Omvig
James Omvig, JD
Arizona

Author and consultant on issues concerning blindness; former Director, Iowa Orientation and Adjustment Center for the Blind, Handicapped Employment Program, Office for Civil Rights, Social Security Administration and Alaska Center for Blind and Deaf Adults
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Fredric Schroeder, PhD, NOMC
Vienna, Virginia

Research Professor, San Diego State University; President, International Council on English Braille; Master's Degreed O&M instructor; former director of Special Education programs for the Albuquerque, New Mexico schools; former Director, New Mexico Commission for the Blind; former Commissioner, Federal Rehabilitation Services Administration
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Pearl Van Zandt, PhD
Lincoln, Nebraska

Director, Nebraska Commission for the Blind and Visually Impaired; Peer reviewer for the Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness; and former President of the National Council of State Agencies for the Blind